hǫgg

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᚷᚹᚨ (*hagwa /⁠haggwa⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *hawwą. Related to hǫggva (“to hew, strike”).

Noun

hǫgg n

  1. a blow, strike
    hǫgg hamars
    a blow with a hammer

Declension

Declension of hǫgg (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫgg hǫggit hǫgg hǫggin
accusative hǫgg hǫggit hǫgg hǫggin
dative hǫggvi hǫggvinu hǫggum hǫggunum
genitive hǫggs hǫggsins hǫggva hǫggvanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: högg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hogg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hugg, hogg
  • Old Swedish: hugg, hogg
  • Old Gutnish: hagg (without w-umlaut)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “högg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225; also available at the Internet Archive
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